Sugar Detox - Day 1

Overall, it was pretty much as miserable as I expected.  It was a really odd feeling of having a full belly, yet feeling lightheaded and unable to think clearly.  During my morning snack, I felt like I needed to eat, yet I wasn't hungry.  I felt the difference between hunger and a sugar craving.
Here are some pictures and comments about meals and how the day went:

For breakfast, we ended up putting spinach in the eggs and having the tomatoes on the side.  Although it tasted good, I felt very unsatisfied without my usual whole wheat bread and cream cheese.  Black coffee is really disgusting, but I drank it because I wanted to keep my caffeine intake the same as usual so the withdrawal wouldn't be doubled.  I also drank a glass of water.

Midmorning, we had a snack of cashews and black coffee.  This is when I felt the worst.  I felt very faint and was a big worried about watching Sara while Cameron did schoolwork, but I pushed through.  This was also when I felt the difference between being hungry and having a sugar craving.  I considered making myself another egg or cutting a tomato, but I told myself that my belly was full (which it was) and that I could make it without sugar. 

Lunch was salad with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, black beans, chicken, olive oil, and parsley.  We ended up adding Italian seasoning, which helped a lot.  I had pretty much the same feeling as breakfast that, yes it was good, but it just wasn't satisfying.  My belly was full, but I wanted more.  I drank just water with lunch.

I had planned another optional snack for the afternoon, but I could feel that it wasn't food that I needed - it was sugar that I wanted.  I ended up having a cup of coffee around 3:30PM, and I felt quite a bit better after that.  Those are my normal times for coffee: breakfast, midmorning, and midafternoon, so I wanted to keep that the same.  I still didn't feel good or normal, just not quite as woozy as earlier in the day.

For dinner was chicken lentil soup with added broccoli and black tea. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough lentils, so I decided to make a half-recipe that we would eat all tonight.  Then in my brain fog, I forgot to halve the recipe.  So it had half the lentils and chicken, but all the water and spices.  It was horrible.  But I didn't really have any other option, so I just ate it.  Plus, I normally put bread or crackers in my soup.  It was so watery.  Also, I don't even really like lentil soup that much.  It's just hard because I really like food, and I feel like I have eaten today, but I haven't liked any of it.  After dinner I said to Cameron, "I really want dessert."  He replied, "You can have some water."  Sigh.